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Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday. The Thursday before Easter, so called from the mandatum novum (‘new commandment’) given on this day (Jn. 13: 34). Its special commemoration of the Lord's Institution of the Eucharist is attested by the 4th cent. In the RC Church since 1955 the Maundy Thursday Mass has been celebrated in the evening. It is marked by a number of special features, including the ceremony of foot-washing (see PEDILAVIUM), and all present are expected to receive Communion from Hosts consecrated at this Mass. After it the Hosts needed for the Liturgy of Good Friday (see PRESANCTIFIED, MASS OF THE) are taken in procession to the Altar of Repose, where a watch is kept for some hours. In cathedral churches the Holy Oils are blessed at a special Chrism Mass in the morning. Similar ceremonies have now been authorized in the C of E. The royal ‘Maundy Ceremony’ is an abbreviated survival of the Pedilavium.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Maundy Thursday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Maundy Thursday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-MaundyThursday.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Maundy Thursday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-MaundyThursday.html |
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Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday [Lat. mandatum, word in the ceremony], traditional English name for Thursday of Holy Week , so named because it is considered the anniversary of the institution of the Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper (that is, the mandatum novum or "new commandment" ). In some churches, Jesus's washing of the disciples' feet is symbolically reenacted. In Great Britain there is a survival in the distribution by the sovereign of special "maundy money" to certain of the poor at Westminster Abbey. In the Roman Catholic Church, Maundy Thursday is a general communion day; a single Mass is sung, in the evening, and a Host, consecrated for the morrow, is placed in a specially adorned chapel of repose. The altars are stripped bare until the Easter vigil mass. |
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"Maundy Thursday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maundy Thursday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MaundyTh.html "Maundy Thursday." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-MaundyTh.html |
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Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday. The Thursday before Easter. It celebrates Jesus' institution of the eucharist at the Last Supper on that day. The English name ‘Maundy’ derives from a Latin antiphon Mandatum novum (‘a new commandment’, John 13. 34) sung on this day. The royal Maundy Ceremony in the UK, in which the reigning sovereign distributes Maundy money to twelve deserving and (relatively) poor people, has lost all contact with the original commemoration.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Maundy Thursday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Maundy Thursday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-MaundyThursday.html JOHN BOWKER. "Maundy Thursday." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-MaundyThursday.html |
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Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday In the Christian liturgical calendar, the day before Good Friday, commemorating the institution of the Eucharist and the washing of the disciples' feet by Jesus, as described in the Gospel according to Saint John. In the UK, the day is marked by a ceremony in which the reigning monarch distributes specially minted silver coins to selected pensioners.
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"Maundy Thursday." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maundy Thursday." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-MaundyThursday.html "Maundy Thursday." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-MaundyThursday.html |
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Maundy Thursday
Maun·dy Thurs·day / ˈmôndē/ • n. the Thursday before Easter, observed in the Christian Church as a commemoration of the Last Supper. |
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"Maundy Thursday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Maundy Thursday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-maundythursday.html "Maundy Thursday." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-maundythursday.html |
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